A Fairer Scotland (Unison) (30 November 2012) - Scotland's main public sector union set out its principles for a better and fairer Scotland, and said it was up to others to show how their proposals met those aims.

The Referendum on Separation for Scotland: Separation shuts shipyards (Westminster Scottish affairs committee) (20 January 2013) - Westminster's Scottish affairs committee said the UK had consistently built its own warships, adding that an independent Scotland would have no preferential status for contracts not deemed to be in-house because of national security, and would have to compete for tenders on the same basis as other international yards.

Scotland's Economy: The Case for Independence (Scottish government) (21 May 2013) - The Scottish government set out its economic case for independence, saying the nation had generated more tax receipts per person than the UK for every one of the last 30 years and was in a fiscally stronger position than the rest of Britain.

Economic Policy Options for an Independent Scotland (Options for Scotland, The Jimmy Reid Foundation and Options for Scotland) (9 September 2013) - The joint paper argued the UK's economic powers were being operated in a way that did not best serve Scotland and examined how the situation might change under independence.